YEREVAN. – The world’s first monument devoted to the memory of the genocide of the Yezidis in August 2014, in Shangal (Sinjar) province in northern Iraq, will be unveiled in Armenia’s capital city of Yerevan.
Amo Sharoyan, chairman of Armenia’s ‘“Midia-Shangal’ Yezidi National Union” NGO Board, informed about the aforementioned at a press conference on Tuesday.
The official unveiling ceremony will take place on Thursday, at Youth Park (Ring Park) in downtown Yerevan.
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